TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 6: The RODE Revolution: Why the Easiest Time in History to Create Is Also the Best Time to Be a Publisher
Why AI makes human curation the future of publishing.
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Category: AI
My Favourite Story So Far This Year! Google and Slum2School Africa Launch AI-Powered Cultural Colouring Book
Google and Slum2School Africa launch Stories from Our Home, a Gemini AI-powered Nigerian folktale colouring book for 1,000 underserved primary pupils, blending cultural heritage with educational technology.
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TNPS Analysis: Four Moves, One Strategy: What Harlequin’s AI Microdrama Deal Is Really About
Harlequin’s Dashverse deal is the fourth act in a deliberate AI pivot. TNPS traces the strategy – and what it means for every publisher with a back-catalogue.
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Delhi High Court Reserves Judgment in ANI v. OpenAI: Why the Verdict Matters Far Beyond India
Delhi High Court reserves judgment in ANI v OpenAI AI copyright case. Why it matters for India, licensing, and Global South in AI training data economy.
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Conversations With AI: Honey, We Need To Talk About Ralf Being Frank
A live AI conversation responds to publishing’s growing disenchantment with AI — asking whose experience the critique actually reflects, and for whom the tools work.
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Guinea’s Publishing Sector Embraces AI: A Practical Approach to Industry Challenges
Institut Français de Guinée hosts AI roundtable for publishers on 2 April 2026, addressing editorial quality, distribution, and ethical AI use in partnership with Efficience Globale.
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TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 5: From Understanding to Action – Your Publishing House’s AI Roadmap
Your publishing house’s AI roadmap: slush pile triage, translation, metadata, narration. Freemium tools, real ROI examples. Start tomorrow morning.
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Shy Girl, Big Questions: What The Hachette-Ballard Affair Tells Us About Publishing’s Unpreparedness For The AI Age
Hachette has cancelled Mia Ballard’s contract for Shy Girl over alleged undeclared AI use. TNPS examines what the case reveals about acquisition failures, unreliable detection tools, and the contract gaps nobody has closed yet.
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When Thad McIlroy’s Hamsters Finally Stop Running, What Happens Next?
LBF 2026 was AI’s quietest year yet. Thad McIlroy asked what if none of this matters. A Gambian classroom and a pandemic suggest he’s closer than he knows.
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Pearson Posts Solid AI-Driven 2025 Results, Appoints New CFO – But Headwinds Loom As AI And Ed-Tech Gets Scapegoated for Education’s Failures
Pearson reports 4% sales growth to £3.6bn and 6% profit rise to £614m for 2025, appoints Sky’s Simon Robson as CFO, and accelerates AI integration across education services.
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Arab Publishing’s AI Transformation Accelerates While Western Publishers Dither
Sharjah’s Onshur fund receives 94 AI and digital technology submissions from 17 countries for Arab publishing industry transformation, with Egypt and UAE leading participation.
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The Convenient Villain: AI, Job Losses, and the Art of the Blame Shift
AI is the publishing industry’s latest scapegoat. But UK author incomes collapsed long before ChatGPT existed. The real villains are hiding in plain sight.
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